The new Star Trek movie is...

[frog]

Hey, quick question, Mallus...

Star Trek is "Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content."

I've got a 9-year-old and a 10-year-old who would both like to go see the movie. PG-13 "sci-fi action and violence" isn't a real problem, but "brief sexual content" could be. Could you give a quick run down of what that sexual content involves?

If I had to hazard a guess...it was for the "F-bomb" in the lyrics to the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" song that was played during a particular scene. I think that does an "automatic PG-13" for it. While I didn't notice it at all during the movie, subsequent commentary on various message boards seems to indicate that was part of the lyrics.

 

[Viking Bastard]

The movie will not keep the heart of the franchise running. A series of movies will not do so, for one simple reason: inadequate screen time to develop characters.

There has been talk of there being a new TV show to accompany the film series if the movie is successful. Nothing is certain, green-lit or anything, but Paramount is said to want to catch the momentum if interest keeps up.

Bryan Fuller (Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies) allegedly made a treatment and has been heavily campaigning for the role showrunner, but his new two year contract with Heroes may have slain that.

This is all biz rumours, of course, except for Bryan Fuller campaigning.

 

[Mouseferatu]

There has been talk of there being a new TV show to accompany the film series if the movie is successful. Nothing is certain, green-lit or anything, but Paramount is said to want to catch the momentum if interest keeps up.

While I believe the odds are heavily against it, I'd love to see that happen. A brand new Star Trek series, a new five-year mission of the original Enterprise? Yes, please, sign me right up.

But only if they can keep the cast from the movie, and that's one reason I don't see it happening. I can't see Karl Urban or Simon Pegg signing up as regulars in a TV series.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Ah, none of the rumour talk has assumed that the series would use the movie cast or feature Kirk, Spock etc.

 

[Umbran]

While I believe the odds are heavily against it, I'd love to see that happen.

Same here. This is what I think could reboot the franchise, and actually keep it vital.

I can't see Karl Urban or Simon Pegg signing up as regulars in a TV series.

I dunno. A steady paycheck in one of the highest-profile series ever? Might be tempting.

Imagine it as a Witchblade-style 13 episode season, with a well-focused story arc. One of those a year, a movie every other year. Still time left over to do other projects, too....

It'd be a sweet deal, I think.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Ah, none of the rumour talk has assumed that the series would use the movie cast or feature Kirk, Spock etc.

Well, I've been saying I'd love to see that since before I even knew about the rumor, so it's all good.

So what are the rumors suggesting, then? Because frankly, at this point, Star Trek has just been reinvigorated after several moribund series. I'd hate to see them pile on too much, too soon. I won't say it's impossible, but I think doing another series that's not about Kirk, Spock, et al at this juncture is far more likely to damage the franchise than to advance it.

 

[Viking Bastard]

They're not saying much other than same timeframe, different ship and probably not until 2011 — very preliminary, nothing definite, just talk.

 

[Mouseferatu]

They're not saying much other than same timeframe, different ship

That's kinda what I figured. And I'm just not sold. As I said, they've just reinvigorated Star Trek--and Star Trek, at its core and for most people, is still the Enterprise boldly going.

The notion of using this huge movie to reinvigorate the franchise using Kirk and crew, only to turn around and give us another series that's "kinda" Trek but not... It rubs me the wrong way on a number of levels, and I don't think it'd do the franchise itself any favors.

I'm willing to be proved wrong, as both a Trek fan and more general fan of good sci-fi on TV. But that's where I am right now. I'd rather see Trek focus on Kirk and the Enterprise to the exclusion of all else, for a good long while, before they risk branching out again.

 

[EricNoah]

I posted my reactions in the other thread, but wanted to add that when I went to a 7:15 showing this evening the theater was only about half full (though I think it was showing on three screens in the multiplex), so that surprised me.

On the way out I heard some (maybe) high school aged guys saying it was their first Trek and they enjoyed it, so that was cool.

 

[DonTadow]

So i very very angrily must say i liked the movie and that it fits perfectly in with continuity, to the point where the universe was obviously fixing itself.

Spoiler

My guess is that one day the old spock will use hte Genesis machine bring his planet and people back to life, thus ffixing things enough for none of the old timelines to be hurt. In the mean time, this series will go on like a brand new series